Croire (?) de Benoît Loizeau

Believing(?) is a single-scene of interactive, playful, and often destabilizing mentalism!

Benoît Loizeau retraces the journey of a mystical seeker who has devoted his life to tracking down the truth...

Mentalism is an ideal illustration of how our beliefs are made and why our perception can deceive us.

The show will be the pretext for conferences / discussions: fiction and our relationship to narratives, disinformation, pseudosciences, false beliefs, critical thinking in democracy, and individual and collective tracks,...

A hybrid format, accessible and very user-friendly!

1h30 of mentalism show

1h00 exchange with a different speaker each evening

Speakers of the upcoming dates:

- 04/10/26 - Albert Moukheiber - Clinical psychologist, PhD in cognitive neuroscience, co-founder of Chiasma

Perception and reality: how we construct our opinions.

- 08/11/26 - Aude Favre - Journalist, Présidente de Fake Off, Maman de Citizen Facts, and Youtube channel WTFake

"Check the info: mission impossible?"

- 22/11/26 - Hervé Le Tellier - Writer, President of the Oulipo, Prix Goncourt 2020 for "L'Anomalie"

"When we accept to be deceived by fiction: the suspension of disbelief."

- 06/12/26 - Christophe Michel - From the chain "Mental hygiene", popularizer critical mind

"To whom and how can you delegate your trust?"

- 10/01/27 - Nicolas Pinsault - Physiotherapist, professor at the Université Grenoble Alpes - Researcher at the TIMC-CNRS Laboratory - Health Education and Contextual Effects (placebo and nocebo)

"Alternative Medicines: Subjective Experience & Contextual Effects/Placebo."

- 17/01/27 - Denis Caroti - Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of Physics-Chemistry, Critical Mind Trainer at Académie Aix-Marseille, Co-Founder of CORTECS

"Can you believe what you want?"

- 24/01/27 - Richard Monvoisin - Doctor in didactics of sciences, co-founder of CORTECS, he teaches critical thinking at the Université Grenoble-Alpes

"Does the critical mind wear out when it is not used?"

- 31/01/27 - Anthony Lantian - Social Psychology Research Teacher at Université Paris Nanterre, within the LAPPS (Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale)

"The Psychology of Conspiracy Theories."

- 28/02/27 - Florent Martin - Spokesperson for Observatoire Zététique

"How to scientifically test the paranormal?"

- 21/03/27 - Virginie Bagneux - Social Psychology Research Teacher at Université Caen-Normandie

"Believe without evidence: when cognitive biases challenge our critical thinking."